---
title: "Cancel a crawl"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/crawl/{id}"
tags: ["Scrape"]
---

# Cancel a crawl

`DELETE /v1/crawl/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://search.elixpo.com`
- URL: `https://search.elixpo.com/v1/crawl/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - API key in query parameter `key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/elixpo/apis/lixsearch-api/docs/v1/crawl/:id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Response `200`

Cancelled

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `status` 'cancelled'

## Other responses

- `404`: Job not found or expired

## Changes

- **2026-10-27** `dee7777b8958`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/elixpo/apis/lixsearch-api/changes/v1/crawl/:id/delete.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/elixpo/apis/lixsearch-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/elixpo/apis/lixsearch-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/elixpo/apis/lixsearch-api/revisions/dee7777b8958?raw)